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How many case fans do you run?

  • None - I'm too cool for that!

    Votes: 46 3.1%
  • 1

    Votes: 73 4.8%
  • 2

    Votes: 191 12.7%
  • 3

    Votes: 177 11.7%
  • 4

    Votes: 266 17.7%
  • 5

    Votes: 250 16.6%
  • 6

    Votes: 132 8.8%
  • 7

    Votes: 123 8.2%
  • 8

    Votes: 69 4.6%
  • 9+

    Votes: 180 11.9%

  • Total voters
    1,507
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RedDeathDrinker

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From a request from NcBaller1985 and masterchief for a poll on case-fannage, how many of the whirring things do you have in your rig?

For their info, if replying, can you tell us what kind of case you have (Server, Full tower, mid-tower or "smaller than mid-tower")

Cheers,

Alasdair
 
Sears Tower (38" tall)...
3x 92mm front intake fans
2x 80mm HDD cage fans (one on each side... intake/exhaust)
2x 80mm side-vent fans (intake)
1x 40mm Exhaust fan just behind the processor, above the I/O shield
1x 120mm PSU fan (exhaust)
1x 92mm Exhaust fan, just above the PSU.
1x 80mm blowhole up top

edit:
1x video card
1x CPU
1x Northbridge

It's a lot of fans, but I keep them running pretty slow so the noise is actually quieter than the SINGLE fan cooling my Netelligent switch. I'm still a water-cooler at heart, just haven't had time to invest in this current system.
 
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4 1 120mm on my HC, 120mm on exhaust, two 80mms on intake in my 16 bay server case. However I didn't count the 3 in the PSU or the one on the video card.
 
2 x 80mm intakes front
2 x 80mm intakes rear
2 x 80mm exhausts rear
1 x 80mm intake side window
2 x 120mm exhausts top (radiator)
1 x slot fan exhaust
3 x 80mm PSU fans (until I get my PCP&C PSU later this week)
1 x GPU Cooling fan
2 x 40mm fan on NB (until I can figure how to mount my WB with the clips)
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Total of 16 fans!!

:cool:

edit: oh yeah it is a Lian-Li PC-71
 
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2 intake front
2 intake side panel
2 exhaust
1 top blowhole
1 cpu
1 gpu
2 psu
1 slot cooler
1 northbridge
1 some fan for the dps for gigabyte mobos
can't think of any more....
total=14
 
1 80mm case fan as exhaust at back of case
2 80mm fans on the CPUs
1 40mm GPU fan.
 
(1) 80mm Delta 80 on the AX-7
(2) 120mm YSTech 131CFM (One blowhole on the side panel and one at the top)
(3) 80mm That is Intaking
(1) 80mm That is Exhausting
(1) 92mm That is Exhausting
(1) 40mm Sunon 12CFM Chipset Fan
(1) 80mm That is Exhausting (PSU)

If you count the gpu fan, that's 11, excluding it, that's 10.

I'm thinking of switching all my fans in the case to Vantec Stealths.

I'm getting annoyed by the noise.
 
All wired into a nice Sunbeam Rheobus except the CPU fan as the rheobus goes down to 0v so that would be a bad idea:D

2*80mm Intake
2*80mm Exhaust

1*80mm on the CPU heatsink
 
5 fans:

1 radiator 120 Panaflo L1A intake, 12V
1 Enermax 80mm intake reduced speed by pot soldered in place of thermistors,
1 Enermax 92mm exhaust, ~7V
1 Panaflo 80mm exhaust in PSU
1 50mm fan on graphics card
 
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